08/13/2016: The first of NATO’s five unmanned air vehicles rolled off the factory line in San Diego on Thursday, 4 June 2015. The Global Hawk Block 40 is part of the Alliance Ground Surveillance Program (AGS). The NATO-owned and -operated AGS core capability will enable the Alliance to perform persistent surveillance…
2016-08-11 According to a story by the Royal Australian Navy, the MRH-90 operating off an Australian LHD has done its first replenishment of a US Navy ship. In a story by Leut. Andrew Ragless entitled the “MRH-90 Carries Her Share of the load and published on July 28, 2016: The first…
2016-08-11 Making its debut in a multi-national exercise, the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has deployed its KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport to RAAF Base Townsville for Exercise Pitch Black 12. Measuring 58 metres in length and with a wingspan of 60 metres, the KC-30A is a heavily modified Airbus A330…
2016-08-11 Recently, the Marine’s premier attack helicopter landed on the HMAS Canberra during the RIMAC exercise. According to a story by Leut. Andrew Ragless and published on August 8, 2016: HMAS Canberra has been visited by one of the most potent attack helicopters in the United States Marine Corps, the AH-1 SuperCobra. Landing…
08/10/2016: U.S. Marines with Bravo and Charlie company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa execute a Non-combatant evacuation operation exercise hosted by French Army Center for Urban Combat Training instructors aboard Camp Sissonne, France, June 21, 2016. SPMAGTF-CR-AF Marines trained alongside a company of French…
2016-08-08 A KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport and its crew from No. 33 Squadron (33SQN) visited air-to-air refuelling bases in Italy, and France, and attended the Royal International Air Tattoo, over the period of 5-16 July 2016. The visit allowed personnel from other Air Forces the opportunity to tour the Royal Australian…
08/07/2016: Time lapse of a 500-man working party in the hagar bay aboard the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) during a replenishment at sea with USNS Matthew Perry (T-AKE 9). Credit: USS Ronald Reagan:7/8/16
08/03/2016: Soldiers from The 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), the core of the Amphibious Ready Element (ARE), have commenced integration training at the United States Marine Corps Base on Kaneohe Bay as part of Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2016, which is being conducted from 29 Jun – 4…
